IJA 2826

Description

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included is: a list of properties belonging to the community, its annual revenue, names of tenants, and estimations on property tax; official lease contracts between tenants and owners signed by the head of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews; correspondence from Jewish community members to the Administrative Committee requesting leases, repairs, property taxes, a reward for guarding the community’s synagogues and burial sites; a letter to the Administrative Committee to appoint Heskell Isaac to be in charge of the Jewish community’s assets, schools, synagogues, Meir Elias Hospital Endowments and Ḥevrah Ḳadishah; a list of revenues and expenses for endowed schools belonging to the Jewish community for the fiscal year 1955-1956; a letter directed to Hakham Sassoon Khedouri requesting his signature on a list of miscellaneous expenses.